Blog: Idolator

Perhaps in honor of Kansas City-area native David Cook's grunging up all his songs, there was definitely a weird pall over last night's audition episode of American Idol . Sure, it was great to see Jason Castro again (he was there in support of his brother, Michael, who's pictured at left), but there was a little too much sadness: One of the contestants who made it through to Hollywood had an interview segment where he talked about his wife passing away four weeks before the audition; another singer sang "Cry-Baby"; some dude's backup singers, dressed as cheerleaders, got teary-eyed [...]